Carving-brace



(No Model.)

A.- O.PEGK. CARVING BRACE- No. 472,742. Patented Apr. 12, 1892.

-UN1 TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANNA C. PECK, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

CARVING-BRAC E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 472,742, dated April12, 1892.

Application filed October 27, 1891 To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANNA C. PEOK, a citizen of the United States,residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Carving-Brace, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of devices designed to hold fowl,meat, roasts, &c., in

place upon the plate while they are being served.

The object of my invention is to provide a convenient device for thispurpose which, if desired, may be easily removed from the plate when thecarving is finished without disarranging the fowl, meat, 850.

My device is specially designed for convenient attachment to and removalin part or in whole from the plate while the fowl, &c., is in positionthereon.

My invention consists of the combination of a suitable fork or skewerfor holding the fowl, &c., a clamp-post provided at its lower end withtwo clamp jaws or arms arranged to receive the rim of the plate betweenthem'and at its top with a mortise to receive the handle of the skeweror fork, a clamp-screw arranged to screw through one of such arms orjaws to engage the rim of the plate and clamp it against the other jaw,and a clamp-screw arranged to screw through the upper part of the postcoaxial therewith into such mortise to engage the skewer or fork whereinserted therethrough and clamp the same firmly therein.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 shows my invention in use clamped to the plate and having thefork inserted in a fowl to hold it in position. Fig. 2 is a plainelevation of the same with the fork in section on line 0c 00, Fig. 1. rFig. 3 is a vertical midsection on line 1 3 Fig. 2.

. Serial No. 409,963. (No modeLl The post A is provided at its top withthe mortise B, through which the handle of th fork or skewer isinserted.

C is a clamp-screw for securing the fork or skewer in place. The post isprovided at the bottom with the two clamp-jaws D D, arranged to receivethe rim of the plate E between them. One of the clamp-jaws is providedwith a clamp-screw F, arranged to screw through the upper clamp-jaw topress upon the rim of the plate, as shown in Fig. l. G represents thefork or skewer.

In practice the clamp-post is clamped to the plate in the kitchen andthe fork or skewer G is set into the fowl or other object to be carved,and the whole is thencarried to the table to be served. secured in placecan be carved without difIiculty and without danger of slipping from theplate.

Theseveral parts may be made of steel, silver, or other suitablematerial and may be of various ornamental forms and styles.

Now, having described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination set forth of the fork, the clam p-post provided at itslower end with two clamp jaws or arms arranged to receive the rim of theplate between them and at its top with amortise to receive the handle ofthe fork, a clamp-screw arranged to screw through one of such clamp-jawsto engage the rim of the plate and clamp it against the other jaw, and aclamp-screw arranged to screw through the upper part of the post toengage the fork.

ANNA O. PEOK.

Witnesses:

ALFRED I. TOWNSEND,

F. M. TOWNSEND.

The fowl or roast thus

